Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
XL Insurance Offers Excess Professional Liability with $25M Limits
Mar 4 2008 // XL Insurance announced the availability of excess professional liability coverage, with limits up to $25 million, for architectural and engineering (A/E) firms. John Glancy, chief underwriting officer of XL...
Agog About Blogs
Feb 24 2008 // The risks for professional liability gain momentum from this new communications medium The new medium of blogging is changing the way communication is done today with respect to both individuals and the corporate world,...
Hedging Against Losses
Feb 24 2008 // How to navigate risk and find coverage solutions for hedge funds and their managers Hedge funds manage financial risk every day. Managers constantly seek out new strategies and investments, and then weigh the potential...
Medi-Spas: Industry Growth Has No Limits
Feb 24 2008 // The anti-aging and medi-spa revolution is here to stay some experts say. Just look at celebrities such as 70-year-old actress Jane Fonda or 68-year-old singer Tina Turner to see what transformations can be achieved through...
People
Feb 24 2008 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC named Jim O’Connell principal. He also will serve as director of development for programs, specialty insurance solutions. In that role, he is responsible for both regional and...
Study: Subprime Crisis Not Materially Affecting D&O
Feb 24 2008 // The crisis in the subprime mortgage market has had little impact on availability, cost or policy conditions of directors and officers liability (D&O) and errors and omissions liability (E&O) insurance policies,...
With Technology, the One Constant is Change
Feb 24 2008 // Keeping up with rapid developments is a challenge for professional liability experts If anything is certain in the world of technology, it’s that it is always changing — rapidly. Electronic and Internet...
Lockton Expands Atlanta Brokerage Team
Feb 22 2008 // Lockton Companies added Mary Guzman to its Atlanta brokerage team as senior vice president and producer for all property and casualty lines. The addition of Guzman expands Lockton’s Atlanta-based professional...
Willis Re Releases New Sub-Prime Professional Liability Research
Feb 21 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance operations of Willis Group Holdings, has released new research analyzing the risk to the underwriting portfolios of professional liability re/insurance Underwriters stemming from the sub-prime...
Former Marsh Exec Joins Valiant Insurance Group
Feb 21 2008 // New York-based Valiant Insurance Group Inc. has hired Adrian Scott as senior vice president and head of the group’s professional liability practice. Scott is the former managing director of the global professional...
Darwin Pro Enters into Pact with Marketing Network ASPN
Feb 14 2008 // Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. reports it has signed a marketing relationship with Agency Specialty Product Network Insurance Services, Inc. (ASPN). Under the arrangement, ASPN’s...
Agog About Blogs
Feb 10 2008 // The risks for professional liability gain momentum from this new communications medium The new medium of blogging is changing the way communication is done today with respect to both individuals and the corporate universe,...
People
Feb 10 2008 // The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group in Santa Cruz, Calif., appointed Kim Aday to vice president finance/treasurer. Aday joined the group in 1997 in the position of accountant. In early 2001, she was promoted to...
Study: Subprime Crisis Not Materially Affecting D&O or E&O Pricing
Feb 5 2008 // The crisis in the subprime mortgage market has had little impact on availability, cost or policy conditions of directors and officers liability (D&O) and errors and omissions liability (E&O) insurance policies,...
Mercator Risk Services Acquires Tennant Risk Services
Feb 4 2008 // Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, acquired Tennant Risk Services Insurance Agency LLC, a Hartford, Conn.-based wholesale broker and underwriting manager. Terms of the transaction were not...
AIG Introduces Package Policy for Management, Professional Liability
Jan 29 2008 // AIG Executive LiabilitySM Announces AIG PrivateEdge PlusSM Modular Package of Seven Coverages Available for All Private Companies AIG Executive Liability, a division of the property-casualty insurance subsidiaries of...
Agents Mind Your Es & Os
Jan 27 2008 // As insurance companies face larger, more frequent catastrophe losses, they are increasingly playing hardball with their insureds. Hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes can put pressure on a...
R.E. Chaix & Associates Acquires Katie Freeman Insurance Services
Jan 3 2008 // R.E.Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has agreed to purchase Katie Freeman Insurance Services Inc., according to Timothy Chaix, president of R.E.Chaix & Associates and Katie Freeman. Neither...
Rockwood Expands Agents’ E&O Coverage
Dec 17 2007 // Rockwood Programs Inc. has expanded its life, accident and health insurance agent’s E&O product offering to include two new endorsements. One enhancement expands coverage to include incidental property and...
Correction: Texas Insurance Professionals Honored by Utica National
Dec 17 2007 // Editor’s Note: The original version of this story incorrectly identified Mark Solomon, Jr. as being associated with All Auto Insurance Agency Inc. in Richardson and a TIP Board member. Mark Solomon, Jr. is head of...
